A framework for economic sustainability in systematic literature reviews

• Grant number: 19/23663-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: July 01, 2020
• End date: December 18, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computing Methodologies and Techniques
• Principal Investigator: Elisa Yumi Nakagawa
• Grantee: Vinicius dos Santos
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/24144-7 - Technologies and solutions for enabling the cloud of things paradigm, AP.TEM

Abstract

In Software Engineering (SE), researchers have widely adopted Systematic Literature Reviews (SLR) to improve the quality of their scientific contributions. The constant evolution of the SE area and publication of new studies lead the community to devise ways to reduce the cost of conducting SLR. In this context, SLR represent a resource of scientific evidence that should be widely managed by researchers. The sustainability concept was introduced by creating it in ecology to help humans to manage and preserve natural resources. Since the 80's, the discussion about sustainability has presented benefits in several areas, not only in ecology. The concept of sustainability has been adapted to other areas to help the community creates sustainable products and environments. Problem: Conducting and updating an SLR are a time-consuming tasks and are considered an expensive activity in terms of resource used. One of the main costs is related to the use of researchers' time. Then, it is in fact necessary to perform SLR economically sustainable. Objective: The main goal of this PhD project is to introduce the concept of economic sustainability in SLR. More specifically, we will propose a framework containing metrics to measure time and effort to conduct SLR as well as guidelines to support researchers to conduct economic sustainable SLR. Method: Two main activities will be conducted: (i) definition and characterization of the concept of economic sustainability in SLR; (ii) establishment of the framework to support researchers create economic sustainable SLR. To evaluate this definition and the framework, we will conduct surveys and case studies together with a qualitative analysis. Results: As main result, it is expected that the use of the framework will minimize the time and costs to conduct and update SLR. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DOS SANTOS, VINICIUS; SILVA, PATRICK R.; SOUZA, ERICA F.; FELIZARDO, KATIA R.; WATANABE, WILLIAN M.; CANDIDO JUNIOR, ARNALDO; MEINERZ, GIOVANI, V; ALUISIO, SANDRA M.; VIJAYKUMAR, NANDAMUNDI L.; IEEE. Using Open Information Extraction to Extract Relations: An Extended Systematic Mapping. 2021 XLVII LATIN AMERICAN COMPUTING CONFERENCE (CLEI 2021), v. N/A, p. 10-pg., 2021-01-01. (15/24144-7, 19/23663-1)

DOS SANTOS, VINICIUS; DE SOUZA, ERICA FERREIRA; FELIZARDO, KATIA ROMERO; WATANABE, WILLIAN MASSAMI; CANDIDO JUNIOR, ARNALDO; ALUISIO, SANDRA MARIA; VIJAYKUMAR, NANDAMUDI LANKALAPALLI; BALDASSARRE, MT; SCANNIELLO, G; SKAVHAUG, A. Using Natural Language Processing to Build Graphical Abstracts to be used in Studies Selection Activity in Secondary Studies. 2021 47TH EUROMICRO CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND ADVANCED APPLICATIONS (SEAA 2021), v. N/A, p. 8-pg., 2021-01-01. (19/23663-1)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SANTOS, Vinicius dos. Sustainability of Systematic Literature Reviews. 2023. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC/SB) São Carlos.